Definition of "receipt"

receipt

/ɹɪˈsiːt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural receipts
1. The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
  Quotations
  Your Grace shall understand that at the receipt of your letter I am very sick
  c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene i]
2. (obsolete) The fact of having received a blow, injury etc.
  Quotations
  And therewith Sir Launcelot gate all his armoure as well as he myght and put hit upon hym for drede of more resseite […].(please add an English translation of this quotation)
  1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xvi”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889,
3. (in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.
4. A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.
5. (usually in the plural) (A piece of) evidence, documentation, etc. to prove one's past actions, accomplishments, etc.
  Quotations
  So, Andy, if you ask me nicely, I might produce a receipt that is my marriage certificate.
  2020, “Reunion Part 1”, in The Real Housewives of Atlanta‎, season 12, episode 24
6. (Internet slang, usually in the plural, by extension) (A piece of) evidence (e.g. documentation or screen captures) of past wrongdoing.
  Quotations
  "Oh yes, the Internet trolls went there, and we've got the receipts".
  2020 December 1, Lindsey Wisniewski, “Darius Slay's Wikipedia page edited to claim DK Metcalf as his father”, in NBC Sports
7. (archaic in New England and rural US since end of 20th century, elsewhere since middle of 20th century) A recipe, instructions, prescription.
  Quotations
  She had a receipt to make white hair black.
  1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […]
  Nor were we without guests: sometimes farmer Flamborough, our talkative neighbour, and often the blind piper, would pay us a visit, and taste our gooseberry wine; for the making of which we had lost neither the receipt nor the reputation.
  1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 4, in The Vicar of Wakefield
  Have you never eaten them, either preserved or candied […] if you will allow me, Sir, I shall be very happy to send the receipt to your housekeeper.
  1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
8. (obsolete) A receptacle.
9. (obsolete) A revenue office.
10. (obsolete) Reception, as an act of hospitality.
  Quotations
  thy kind receipt of me
  1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volumes (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857,
11. (obsolete) Capability of receiving; capacity.
  Quotations
  It has become a place of great receipt.
  1644, John Evelyn, diary entry 21 October, 1644
12. (obsolete) A recess; a retired place.
verb
third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted
1. To give or write a receipt (for something).
2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; to mark a bill as having been paid.

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